Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32741, Joseph Gore, Conti. Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Bont.
Gore, Joseph
S. 32741
mass
CONTENTS
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10,640
Massachusetts.
Joseph Gore 4
of Roxbury in the state of Mass ts who was a Sergeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Knox of the Mass ts line, for the term of three years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of - 8 - Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 of May 1819 and sent to Hon: John Davis, Judge, Boston.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 85" 83 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819. 48 "
10. 18/ 30 4/ 31 ~ $ 133" 83
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Notification sent Oct r 20 th 1820 to Jairus Ware Esq r Wrentham, Mass:
Date of death not in do.

No 381 Joseph Gore (Private)
the Continental service.
The declarant must state the Regiment - Does not state to have served in His name is not on Roll - Further proof is requisite.
Thurs's Art'y - 1775.
Adm.
Also, the Judge must certify, that Applicant, in his belief, is in "redressed circumstances in life, Sir."
New evidence A & B

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
20. March 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Joseph Gore - by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
M. D. Dyer { District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 12 A. D. 1818
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Joseph Gore subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
M. D. Russell
} Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.

I Joseph Gore of Roxbury in the County of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, testify & say that I entered as a soldier in a company of Artillery commanded by Capt James Furniss Furniss of a Regiment in the Massachusetts line of the Army raised for the defence of American liberties, in the summer of one thousand seven hundred & seventy six, for the term of three years, & immediately went on duty & served in said company in the capacity of soldier, sergeant & clerk until my term had nearly expired, when I was taken sick & permitted to return home until my health should be restored; but I did not recover my health until my three years had elapsed & was never called upon to return - And I further testify & say, that in consequence of my reduced circumstances I have need of the assistance of my country for support -
Joseph Gore
Massachusetts District H. Boston 13. April 1818 Sworn to before me
W Davis Esq. Judge Mass. Dist.
James Pierce of Roxbury, testifies that he knew the applicant in the Continental Army and that he served more than one year to his knowledge.
Sworn before me J Davis
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Copy Schedule of Joseph Gore
10,000 1879

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk, ss. On this seventeenth day of July A.D. 1820, personally appeared before the justices of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, begun and held at Dedham within and for the County aforesaid, on the day and year aforesaid, in open Court, the same being a Court of record, Edward Turner, of Roxbury aforesaid in said County, Gentleman, who was on the second day of June A.D. 1818, duly appointed Guardian of Joseph Gore, a distracted person aged seventy years, residing in said Roxbury — And the said Turner being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that to the best of his knowledge and belief the said Gore served in the Revolutionary war, as follows, to wit, from January in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six to January one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven in a Company of Artillery commanded by Stephen Puddam in a Regiment commanded by the late Henry Knowl in the Massachusetts line of the army on the Continental establishment, upon which said Gore obtained from the War Department a Pension Certificate, dated the fifteenth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen upon his application dated the thirteenth day of April 1818. No of Certificate 10,640.
That he said Gore was a resident Citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March A.D. eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that he nor any other person for him since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner has not disposed of his property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring himself within the provision of an Act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons,

engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war, passed on the eighteenth day of March A.D. 1818, and that the said Gore has not, nor has any person in trust for him any property or securities, contracts or debts due to him or to me for him, nor has the said Gore any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. —
Edward Turner Guardian
Sworn to and declared on the 18th day of July — before me James Ware Judge C.C.C. Pleas for the Crown
I Horatio Townsend Clerk of the said Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule hereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said Court, and I do further testify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the said Gore has no property.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, on this twenty first day of July, 1820.
Horatio Townsend Clk

Schedule referred to in foregoing Declaration
The said Gore has no estate real or personal except his necessary cloathing, is now a resident in the Poor house in Roxbury aforesaid, is by occupation a Currier, but from age, infirmity and mental derangement totally unable to pursue that or any other business or perform any labor. That he has four children, all above the age of twenty one years and unable to support him, none of whom however reside with him; their names are James, John, Hannah & Mary that the said Gore is inscribed on the Pension list, Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of eight dollars per month, as appears by the Certificate from the War Department, numbered 10640, dated the fifteenth day of May A.D. 1819. The said Gore has no means of support but the pension aforesaid, and stands in need of the support of his Country—
Edward Turner Guardian

November 3, 1937
Joseph Gore S. 32741 BA-3/AWF
Mrs. Theo. T. Tams 438 Nassau Street Princeton, New Jersey
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you state that you are trying to trace the Revolutionary War records of the Gore family of Roxbury, Massachusetts, and that your great grandfather James Emanuel Gore was born in Roxbury, November 19, 1791, and that you believe that he was a descendant of John Gore and related to Christopher Gore the 1st Governor of Massachusetts.
The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension found based upon the service of a John Gore of Massachusetts.
This office has no record of service rendered prior to the War of the Revolution, therefore no record for Christopher Gore.
The record of a Joseph Gore of Roxbury, Massachusetts has been found, and is furnished herein, as found in papers on file in pension claim, S. 32741, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Joseph Gore were not shown, nor were the names of his parents stated.
While a resident of Roxbury, Massachusetts, Joseph Gore enlisted January 1, 1776, served one year as ser-

geant in Captains Benjamin Eustis' and Stephen Badlam's companies, Colonel Henry Knox's Regiment of Continental Artillery, was in the expedition to Canada; at the expiration of this service, Joseph Gore reenlisted and served about three years as sergeant and "clerk" in Captain James Furnival's company, Colonel Henry Knox's regiment.
Joseph Gore was allowed pension on his application executed April 13, 1818, aged about sixty-eight years and living in Roxbury, Massachusetts.
In 1820 he referred to his children all over twenty-one years of age- James, John, Hannah, and Mary. He made no reference to his wife, and there are no further data in this claim concerning his family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data:
Joseph Gore Certificate # 10640 Issued May 15, 1819 Rate $8.00 per month Commenced April 13, 1818 Act of March 18, 1818 Massachusetts Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

32741 Rev INVALID.
1937-Mr D. Litch to Mrs. Shee J. James and
File No. 32, 741
Joseph Rose Seiz Rev War
Act: 18 th March 1818 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 159
[Arrangement of 1870.]

A
Filed 19. March 1819

I Samuel Doggett of Didham in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachussetts of lawful age testify and say that I was well acquainted with Joseph Gore in the public service in the Revolutionary war, that he enlisted in the year's service on the continental establishment about the first of January 1776 in the Company of Artillery commanded by Benjamin Eustis Captain Lieutenant, in the battalion commanded by Stephen Badlam in Col. Henry Knox's Regiment, I think, as a Sergeant, I being a Lieutenant in another Company in the same Regiment, - we marched from Cambridge on the twenty seventh of March 1776, and the Company in which said Gore was soon joined us and marched to Canada. I will further said Gore on our march and during that summer's campaign, we served at and about Mount Real, Sorel, the Three Rivers, and Fort Independence, - I returned myself in the month of September the same year, and left the said Gore at that time in the service and nearly believe that he continued in the service till the expiration of said year, - I have been well acquainted with the said Gore since the conclusion of the war, he has lived in Roxbury, is now here, and as I have been well informed, is now in the house in said Roxbury. Samuel Doggett
Norfolk ss: March 10 th 1819.
Then the above named Samuel Doggett personally appeared and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed was true.
Before me James Richardson Justice of the Peace
Norfolk ss: March 10 th 1819
I hereby certify that the above named Samuel Doggett is a credible witness and that full faith ought to be given to his testimony James Richardson Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk ss.
I Horatio Townsend Clerk of the Judicial Court in the County of Norfolk, do hereby certify that James Richardson Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned by the Executive Authority of the Commonwealth aforesaid, and that the signatures to the within certificate are in the hand writing of the said Richardson
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County, at Dedham, this eighteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
Horatio Townsend

B
Filed 19. March 1819

I James Pierce of Roxbury in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of the Massachusetts of lawful age testify and say that I was well acquainted with Joseph Gore in the public service in the Revolutionary war, that he enlisted in the year 1776 in the Continental establishment about the first of January 1776 in the Company of Artillery under the command of Benjamin Easton Captain Lieutenant, in the Battalion commanded by Stephen Badlam in Col Henry Knox's regiment, I being myself in the same Company, that he served as a Sergeant, in said Company as I have no doubt during the whole of that year - we marched from Swalls Point near Boston in the month of March after enlisting, for Canada that I continued in the service until about Christmas time that year when the year being almost expired I was permitted to return and I left said Gore in the service at Mount Independence at that time, that we had that season's campaign about Montreal, Sorel and the Three Rivers and I was well acquainted with the said Gore there. I further testify that the person who is now poor and supported by the town of Roxbury and applies for this affidavit is the same Joseph Gore whom I knew in the public service as aforesaid.
James Pierce
Norfolk ss: March 10 th 1819. Then the above named James Pierce personally appeared and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him submitted was true before me James Richardson Justice of Peace.
Norfolk ss March 10 th 1819.
I hereby certify that the above named James Pierce is a credible witness and that full faith ought to be given to his testimony. James Richardson Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Norfolk ss.
I Horatio Townsend, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in the County of Norfolk, do hereby certify that James Richardson Esquire is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned by the Executive Authority of the Commonwealth aforesaid, and that the signatures to the within certificates are in the bona fide writing of the said Richardson.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, at Dedham, this eighteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
Horatio Townsend

428 Nassau St., Princeton, N. J., Oct. 27, 1937.
The Veterans Bureau Of Administration, Washington, D. C. Dear Sirs;
Do you have any Revolutionary War records of the Gore family of Roxbury Mass.
I am trying to trace the Gore family my great grandfather being James Emanuel Gore born in Roxbury, Mass. Nov. 19, 1791.
I have reasons to believe he is a descendant of John Gore and related to Christopher Gore the first Governor of Mass.
Yours truly, see signature? Mrs. Theo. T. Tams
send the info if identified